Pumpkin Carving 2013

 It is pumpkin carving time at our house ! I carve 3 pumpkins and stack them to make a topiary .. .. Love them stacked by my front door!

 Frankenstein, skeletons and ghouls..

 flowers, the flag, football pumpkins..

 Another shot of the topiary..

 There are 2 owls and 2 flower pumpkins.. Loved the first ones so much I did 2 each of those..

 the other owl and a mummy..

 The daytime versions.. I use Christmas lights to light them instead of candles.. I just plug them in !

Have to have the puking pumpkin !

The youngest grandson wasn't too sure about pumpkin guts :)

It was trick or treating yesterday in the grandsons neighborhood..

I am off to make the cookies ! Halloween sugar cookie making day is today :)

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I Have Been Busy !

Thought I would show you what I have been up to !

The big flower blanket is finished ! Except for sewing in all the million and one ends :) It will get its own post when its finished, It is a huge blanket !! I think its my favorite blanket ever !

I crocheted myself a cowl 2 nights ago , have the youngest sons last sophomore football game to go to tonight and I am definitely going to need to dress warm ! If you to this post there is a link to the pattern for the cowl.

I made a stack of crocheted Halloween dishcloths for my basket by the sink ..

I picked the last of my zinnias ..they froze 3 nights ago , so no more zinnias ! Next year twice as many will be planted !

Some of them were so huge !

My oldest son and daughter in law inherited last years Halloween decomesh wreath , Looks great on their door, of their beautiful home !! I am still waiting on my daughter for a picture of her door with her Halloween wreath ..ummm, Chelsea ? :) She's been busy too :)

I had some help baking cookies ..

 I've been doing some cross stitch, Mary's Sampler from Plum Street Samplers.. its a stitch along , with a new part every Sunday . I didn't have time until this Sunday to start it , so I did the whole 4 parts last Sunday .

Working on October Wordplay from With Thy Needle and thread .. hope to finish it soon and get it finished so it can be used this year !

 

Making some baby  football hats and diaper covers for an order.. Need to finish these up today !

My daughter and I took on a furniture painting extravaganza this week with some help of my son and his girlfriend.. I will share this next week .. I am still sore and tired !

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Halloween Tour 2013

 
 


 

Its time for my Halloween Home Tour ! To start this fabulous season , we went pumpkin picking ! We have 95 pumpkins and a lot of gourds on the front porch and surrounding the planting beds...

Our front door decorated for Halloween with decomesh garland and wreath ..

I made this picket fence Halloween Countdown for the front porch ..

 The porch is decorated with scarecrows , mums and pumpkins..

The foyer is decorated with sweater pumpkins, cross stitch Halloween pieces, subway art, that big glittery pumpkin,and scarecrows..

 

The kitchen got a huge update by painting this hutch.. we also got new chairs at an estate sale.. I made a couple Halloween vignettes in the kitchen.

I used a lot of chalkboards in my Halloween decorating and this one is in the kitchen. My little white shelf is decorated with a cross stitch pieces , a few thrift store finds and a couple craft show pieces..

Another vignette in the kitchen with my vintage scale and metal cloche..

Another vignette with some sweater pumpkins , and the top of the hutch a garland and chalkboard decorate the rooster area !

 
 


 

love these vignettes !

In the family room I decorated the mantel .. I made a new subway art, and made the Spooky banner from chalkboard painted pieces. I  even used chalk paint on real pumpkins :)

On this side table I have my favorite Halloween cross stitch, a book page pumpkin , and a couple Halloween characters..

My Hallmark ghosts, a chalkboard sign and a ghost doll on a ceramic cake plate top my vintage cabinet.. I made the Spooky banner with my cricut ..

In the Dining room , I added this cross stitched piece to the buffet cabinet..

Some sweater pumpkins , and this easy fall table runner.

I have a decomesh garland above the hutch, inside the hutch are some pumpkins and hydrangeas.

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